Pathological changes in cobalt-supplemented and non-supplemented twin lambs in relation to blood concentrations of methylmalonic acid and homocysteine

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 93-98

  Vellema, P ^a   van den Ingh, T S G A M ^b   Wouda, W ^a  

^a Animal Health Service Drachten   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain; Cobalt vitamin B12 deficiency; Hepatitis; Homocysteine; Liver; Methylmalonic acid; Pathology; Sheep

Indexed keywords

COBALT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MINERAL DEFICIENCY; MINERAL INTAKE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0032726730     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.1999.9695001     Document Type: Article

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